Create a mixed instances group by manually choosing instance types - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
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Create a mixed instances group by manually choosing instance types

This topic shows you how to launch multiple instance types in a single Auto Scaling group by manually choosing your instance types.

If you prefer to use instance attributes as criteria for selecting instance types, see Create mixed instances group using attribute-based instance type selection.

Prerequisites

Create a mixed instances group (AWS CLI)

To create a mixed instances group using the command line

Use one of the following commands: